BREAKING: Turkey issues 360 detention warrants in efforts to detain Gulen supporters

Soldiers are targeted in 333 of the warrants that follow on from an additional 53 issued against active sergeants at the start of November.

Soldiers, police, teachers and public servants are among those targeted over alleged links with the movement of cleric Fethullah Gulen.

Over 50,000 people have been arrested since a failed coup took place in Turkey during the summer of 2016 – over 150,000 people have been dismissed or suspended from jobs in the country’s private sector.

Last week 700 people were detained as part of Turkey’s investigations into supporters of Mr Gulen.

Mr Gulen has lived in Pennsylvania, in the US, since 1999 under self-imposed exile.

The cleric has denied the charge and condemned the coup that took place on July 15, 2016.

The movement resulted in the death of at least 240 people on its first day.

The attempted movement was carried out by a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces that named themselves the Peace at Home Council.

The group attempted to seize key areas in the Turkish capital, Istanbul and other regions in the country last year.

The Turkish government accused the movement of being aligned with a terrorist organisation known as the Gulen movement.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that the cleric was behind the coup – this has been denied by Gulen.

Turkey’s western allies have accused the country of using the investigations against Gulen supporters as an excuse to crack down on dissent in the country – Ankara has denied this by affirming that only supporters of the movement are being targeted.